so they'll keep being supported even if Oracle decides to do something evil
Except it sounds like USB 2.0 support only comes from Oracle.
And it seems like USB 2.0 would be pretty basic functionality to me, considering the only input devices attached to my computer are USB -- if I need some Oracle proprietary stuff to use my keyboard and mouse it's kind of useless (no idea if keyboard/mouse is special and still works or not).
If you need a virtual container on an existing workstation, VirtualBox is really the only player in town. I used to use VMWare Server, but Vmware doesn't support it anymore. Its a shame, it was a great product and I'm still running a few VM's on my beefy workstation for testing.
That's the exact use case I'm looking for -- when I bought my current machine it was specifically bought to be beefy enough to run VMWare Workstation so I can keep some stuff sandboxed in VMs.
Looking at the current price (and license durations) of VMWare it's not as attractive as when I first bought it, and VirtualBox being in the hands of Oracle doesn't exactly make me happy.
I'd been hoping there would be a good free version out there by now.
See, banks have mechanisms in place to do this. And banks are regulated.
Square wants to become a middle-man for these transactions, but they aren't a bank and aren't regulated like one.
Which means when (not if) Square fucks up, you'll be dealing with a company in terms of their EULA which says "we're not a bank, and not actually responsible for anything". With a bank you have some recourse.
Given how video game companies have been faring with security and protecting of this kind of information, my first thought is "how long before they have a security breach, and what recourse will you have".
Sorry, but I'll stick with using banks to transfer money.
Don't have the kind of control? You mean they can't cancel the phone subscription? You mean they can't lock the kid in a room and take away the phone? You mean they can't beat the kid senseless? What?
Well, no, they can't beat the kid senseless. Mommy and Daddy would have a nice visit from the cops if they did it, and the kids bloody well know that.
Ever seen a parent negotiating with their child to try to get them to do something? One gets the distinct impression that a lot of kids wield a lot more power than their parents do, and the parents try very hard to beg, plead, or bribe their kids into doing something.
I've seen a lot of parents who apparently can't control their 5 year old -- by the time those kids are teenagers I suspect those same parents have very little ability to control them.
So, no, I'm not entirely convinced that the parents wield nearly as much authority as you believe.
But he reserved his harshest words for the girl's parents for failing to monitor her behavior, after she had been questioned by the police, and for allowing her to keep her cellphone.
Most parents can't or don't monitor what their kids do on the internet, and most parents are under the belief their child is a little angel who would never do something like this (or consider it to be 'normal' childhood stuff).
I suspect most parents do not have the kind of control over their kids this sheriff thinks, and likely aren't that interested anyway.
From what I've seen, most parents are either clueless or turn a blind eye to the fact that their kids are rotten little bastards.
Don't forget the open-source MySQL, which was of such good quality Oracle purchased it for a HUGE amount of money, despite already having a database product (as their primary product no less!).
I question how much of that was related to the quality of MySQL, and how much was controlling something people were using as an alternative to Oracle. Oracle might have been willing to pay a premium to be in control of it (I'm not suggesting MySQL wasn't any good, just that I don't trust Oracle).
From what I've seen over the years, I'm not willing to ascribe any motive to Oracle other than "how much more money can we get?".
And just what fraction of Java was community-developed?
As usual, when a company makes this kind of claim, my first thought is 'yeah right', and my second though is that it's mostly FUD to convince people to buy the crap you make.
And, if my limited exposure to Oracle Beehive and a few other things means anything... Oracle can produce some major-league shit code on their own. That stuff was complete garbage, wasn't even what I'd call a beta, but it was being sold as if it was solid and ready for business.
Hmmmm.... stegaspamography... hiding your information in plain sight as penis enlargement pill spam.
Great, now when we receive spam we'll end up on terror watch lists because we could know the data is in there. After all, someone is presumed to be able to decode it.
Ah, but now they can... they can take all of that information, identify who isn't complying with CAN-SPAM, identify people profiting off shady deals on the internet, figure out who has been evading taxes, and give us all a better internet.
consumer capitalism basically dictates incompatibility must be built into every successive iteration of a product, to ensure customers continue buying
Until consumers start saying "fuck that" and actually stop doing that.
However I fear not enough consumers will make that choice.
I've seen nothing in next-gen consoles which makes a compelling argument for upgrading, and a lot to tell me I'd just get screwed in the process for no benefit to me.
Fraud fore sure. Probably some computer hacking laws. Uttering a false statement. Possibly receipt of stolen goods. Depending on the value of the domain the theft could reach felony threshold. You could reach and say identify theft, but that's probably pushing it.
Depends on how creative the DA feels like being, but I should think there's quite a few charges which could be applied here.
With a little social engineering and determination, it's surprisingly easy (I hear) to bypass the entry controls in a lot of places.
Hell, put on a green uniform and carry a clip-board and they might hold the door open for you.
I've been at places which have a policy that if you don't recognize someone, challenge them as to why they're there. I once stopped a VP and said "ummm, who the heck are you and how did you get in?" because he had never seen before but was standing outside the lab. He was surprisingly nice about it too.
So it all depends on how valuable what you have is, and how likely someone is to take pains to get it. From the sounds of it, this is due to actual incidents which have happened.
A dictator implies 1 leader calling all the shots. What you actually have is an oligarchy, many leaders, agreeing on policy and electing a figurehead.
No, an oligarchy implies corporations are running the show.
How's "oppressive regime" work for you? Or, "dictatorship ran by committee"? I guess there's always "Glorious and selfless people's leaders", but people might laugh.
Aggressive prosecution of leakers of classified information and broad electronic surveillance programs deter government sources from speaking to journalists. In the Obama administration's Washington, government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press. Those suspected of discussing with reporters anything that the government has classified as secret are subject to investigation, including lie-detector tests and scrutiny of their telephone and e-mail records
Why is this here? How the fuck is this relevant to slashdot? No tech angles in play here.
Blog about corruption, get arrested for defamation.
That's pretty much the point of the YRO section of Slashdot.
You know, Your Rights Online.
At this rate, I won't be surprised to see this start happening in other countries which are supposed to be against this sort of thing. *cough* America *cough*
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Except it sounds like USB 2.0 support only comes from Oracle.
And it seems like USB 2.0 would be pretty basic functionality to me, considering the only input devices attached to my computer are USB -- if I need some Oracle proprietary stuff to use my keyboard and mouse it's kind of useless (no idea if keyboard/mouse is special and still works or not).
That's the exact use case I'm looking for -- when I bought my current machine it was specifically bought to be beefy enough to run VMWare Workstation so I can keep some stuff sandboxed in VMs.
Looking at the current price (and license durations) of VMWare it's not as attractive as when I first bought it, and VirtualBox being in the hands of Oracle doesn't exactly make me happy.
I'd been hoping there would be a good free version out there by now.
OK, somewhat related question ... what are the current workable options for virtualization?
I've used VMWare at home for years. Virtual box, being Oracle, isn't necessarily something I'm interested in.
Anybody got a link to something which covers the current state of virtualization stuff suitable for home use?
Dude, it's in the summary -- Ars Technica and Wired.
You can choose for yourself if you trust them. You could even read them if you cared since they're linked in the summary.
And why on Earth would I trust Square?
See, banks have mechanisms in place to do this. And banks are regulated.
Square wants to become a middle-man for these transactions, but they aren't a bank and aren't regulated like one.
Which means when (not if) Square fucks up, you'll be dealing with a company in terms of their EULA which says "we're not a bank, and not actually responsible for anything". With a bank you have some recourse.
Given how video game companies have been faring with security and protecting of this kind of information, my first thought is "how long before they have a security breach, and what recourse will you have".
Sorry, but I'll stick with using banks to transfer money.
Well, no, they can't beat the kid senseless. Mommy and Daddy would have a nice visit from the cops if they did it, and the kids bloody well know that.
Ever seen a parent negotiating with their child to try to get them to do something? One gets the distinct impression that a lot of kids wield a lot more power than their parents do, and the parents try very hard to beg, plead, or bribe their kids into doing something.
I've seen a lot of parents who apparently can't control their 5 year old -- by the time those kids are teenagers I suspect those same parents have very little ability to control them.
So, no, I'm not entirely convinced that the parents wield nearly as much authority as you believe.
Most parents can't or don't monitor what their kids do on the internet, and most parents are under the belief their child is a little angel who would never do something like this (or consider it to be 'normal' childhood stuff).
I suspect most parents do not have the kind of control over their kids this sheriff thinks, and likely aren't that interested anyway.
From what I've seen, most parents are either clueless or turn a blind eye to the fact that their kids are rotten little bastards.
I question how much of that was related to the quality of MySQL, and how much was controlling something people were using as an alternative to Oracle. Oracle might have been willing to pay a premium to be in control of it (I'm not suggesting MySQL wasn't any good, just that I don't trust Oracle).
From what I've seen over the years, I'm not willing to ascribe any motive to Oracle other than "how much more money can we get?".
And just what fraction of Java was community-developed?
As usual, when a company makes this kind of claim, my first thought is 'yeah right', and my second though is that it's mostly FUD to convince people to buy the crap you make.
And, if my limited exposure to Oracle Beehive and a few other things means anything ... Oracle can produce some major-league shit code on their own. That stuff was complete garbage, wasn't even what I'd call a beta, but it was being sold as if it was solid and ready for business.
Hmmmm .... stegaspamography ... hiding your information in plain sight as penis enlargement pill spam.
Great, now when we receive spam we'll end up on terror watch lists because we could know the data is in there. After all, someone is presumed to be able to decode it.
Ah, but now they can ... they can take all of that information, identify who isn't complying with CAN-SPAM, identify people profiting off shady deals on the internet, figure out who has been evading taxes, and give us all a better internet.
OK, now stop laughing.
Until consumers start saying "fuck that" and actually stop doing that.
However I fear not enough consumers will make that choice.
I've seen nothing in next-gen consoles which makes a compelling argument for upgrading, and a lot to tell me I'd just get screwed in the process for no benefit to me.
The corollary to that is nobody thinks they have an accent, just that everyone else does.
I still made him show me his badge and checked with reception.
I'm not the trusting sort.
Not if you don't know it's '133t' instead of '1eet'. And 'h4x0r' not 'haX0r' ;-)
Yes, I know, STFU. :-P
Fraud fore sure. Probably some computer hacking laws. Uttering a false statement. Possibly receipt of stolen goods. Depending on the value of the domain the theft could reach felony threshold. You could reach and say identify theft, but that's probably pushing it.
Depends on how creative the DA feels like being, but I should think there's quite a few charges which could be applied here.
With a little social engineering and determination, it's surprisingly easy (I hear) to bypass the entry controls in a lot of places.
Hell, put on a green uniform and carry a clip-board and they might hold the door open for you.
I've been at places which have a policy that if you don't recognize someone, challenge them as to why they're there. I once stopped a VP and said "ummm, who the heck are you and how did you get in?" because he had never seen before but was standing outside the lab. He was surprisingly nice about it too.
So it all depends on how valuable what you have is, and how likely someone is to take pains to get it. From the sounds of it, this is due to actual incidents which have happened.
Unless you had a prior arrangement with FedEx ... worst job ever.
And it's largely been that way for decades now.
No, an oligarchy implies corporations are running the show.
How's "oppressive regime" work for you? Or, "dictatorship ran by committee"? I guess there's always "Glorious and selfless people's leaders", but people might laugh.
Everyone except Americans seems to know that.
And, of course, there's this as well.
Blog about corruption, get arrested for defamation.
That's pretty much the point of the YRO section of Slashdot.
You know, Your Rights Online.
At this rate, I won't be surprised to see this start happening in other countries which are supposed to be against this sort of thing. *cough* America *cough*
Don't you think? Yet is really is ironic.
Sounds like they're not so much worried about stopping corruption, as stopping people reporting about corruption.
Just like every other government.
This is awesome. The more we learn about the universe, the more we discover there's some really cool (and weird) shit out there.
Raining diamonds. I can only imagine what other wacky stuff is out there we'll never know about.
Like some moon with seas made of the finest quality single-malt scotch. :-P